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Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Vitamin company urges scientists to examine impact of vitamin E on heart disease
August 4th, 2005
Pharmavite LLC, makers of Nature Made vitamins, urges the scientific community to examine the impact of low vitamin E blood levels on special populations. The company cited a government survey, The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 3 or NHANES 3, which indicated that African Americans and Mexican Americans have low vitamin E blood levels, compared with the general population. Some clinical studies have shown a correlation between low vitamin E levels and heart disease, the nation's number one killer. NHANES examined the health and nutrition habits of more than 16,000 Americans and found 41% of African Americans, 28% of Mexican...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-08-04)
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